what would you do differently if you turn the clock back?

[rezzer]

I would have carved out a career working with horses, got my bhs exams and by my ripe old age of 33 i could have been running my own yard or something by now. Instead i married early (the first marriage i might add) and had my children in my early 20s. But now its too late!! Dont regret having my children but hindsight is a brilliant thing isnt it??!!!

[raingodz]

Not stop riding 15 years ago, looking back this was so stupid of me, but there were various family problems at the time, so maybe more realisticaly should be that I should have started riding again as soon after I stopped as possible.

rezzer, please don't say it's too late! I'm 33 next year and would quite like to take some of the BHS exams at some point. Also (O/T) on the never too late thing, I re-took my English GCSE this year, which I failed at school, and got an A, just to prove I could (and it wasn't too late). I am now doing the English A/S.

And the advantage of having kids while you are younger is that they grow up sooner and let you get on with riding horses and not childcare - eldest (step daughter) just started at Brighton Uni this September and Youngest is very independant and is doing A-levels at King Teds and working in a coffee shop on Satudays - sadly neither showed any interest in riding.

[milly molly]

18 months ago I hadnt been near a horse for 17 years, I am now 36 and took my BHS stage 1 in June this year, think it must be a mid-life crisis. Wish me luck for March, ive got my stage 2 booked. This with a full time job and two children I had in my 20's!

! Life is too short for regrets, make up for what you missed out on now, Im loving it!

[KarinUS]

I wouldn't want to do it again. Some parts of it were pretty tough. But I am in a good place now and I wouldn't have gotten here if I wouldn't have taken the rough roads in the past. I am where I want to be.
Would I have liked to be a veterinarian and super good rider? Sure.
But ultimately life shapes you and you learn from your choices and experiences. Learning is a never a waste. :)

[Zingy]

I guess I'd do a lot differently. I see people 5 or 6 years younger than me at a similar point to me in their careers because they started earlier. I could have bought a house before the prices became ridiculous. I could have done a lot of different things at an earlier age.

But I don't think it would have been better, just different. I'd have missed doing some not so great jobs with some fantastic people, missed out on a lot of skills that I do have and doubt I'd be any happier because of it.

I can't change it and I don't regret what I've done. Partly because there's no point, but also because even the bits I haven't enjoyed have been in some way positive and the decisions I made I made for a reason.

Maybe it helps that I believe everything happens for a reason and that I'm doing what I'm meant to. I suppose it's believing in fate, but still feeling that I have a choice and decisions to make - I just assume I'll come to the decision I'm meant to!

[Emarmite]

Hi,

Wish I had ridden as a child and become more confident, did not start until I was 39 and learnt to get over my fear. Absolutely love it but still not the most confident rider.


Bev

[rezzer]

I suppose you're right, but its not that easy to do things like start from scratch when you're older.

[dcp]

Today I've been thinking about a silly mistake I made not really horsey but does effect my horsey life. Usually I find the good in all my mistakes but in this one I just can't. Thank you KarinUS for this

But ultimately life shapes you and you learn from your choices and experiences. Learning is a never a waste.

It helps

[Purple Hugs]

Hi, I'm 33, and regret not ever having the chance to go to college.. And not being able to learn to ride.

Soooo... I'm 3 months into lessons and I'm trying to lose weight to get into a BHS course in February! :D hubby is helping me stay on track and is paying for the course for me!

Not sure if I want a career out of it, just knowledge and experience.. so I can get a horse of my own or a share at the very least! :D

It's NEVER too late! if you want it enough.. ;) :D

[rezzer]

Oh believe me i do! Its just that there are other things happening in my life at the moment. Excuse me being personal but how much do you need to lose? I ask because i am just over 11 stone!!

[Purple Hugs]

hehe lucky you! You'd be fine! :D
I don't mind saying it.. as I'm not at my heaviest. :p

I 'woke up' to find myself last xmas at just over 17 stone :( .. I honestly hadn't realised how fat I was getting! :o

I'm now 14st 3lb.. so still 'chunky' and need to lose at least 1.5 stones for the course.. Which has a weight limit of 13 stone. :cool: I don't mind though.. it's the kick up the butt I needed to get back to losing some more of my weight.

I want to get down to about 10.5/11 stones, as I was happy at that weight.
I'm quite muscular after weight lifting in my late teens, so was always heavier than I looked. I don't mind that, but it's different these days. :rolleyes:

Hopefully come February I'll look better in my jod's!

[rezzer]

Awww. thats nice of you to say purple hugs. :) but i feel like a balloon at the moment :(